Frank Rich: The disappearance of the war in Iraq
The News Review:
- Frank Rich: The disappearance of the war in Iraq
- Sperm: Your country needs you
- MESSAGE CENTER Message Center
- Beane is smarter than Sabean
- Tragedy plus timing
- You Can Go Home Again, And Buy It
- UPDATE: Pastor Hopes to Move Growing Church to a New Home
Frank Rich: The disappearance of the war in Iraq
International Herald Tribune – Jul 30, 2006
But Iraq’s exploding sectarian warfare cannot be pinned on Al Qaeda or Baathist dead- enders. The most dangerous figure in Iraq, the home-grown radical Shiite cleric Muktada al-Sadr, is an acolyte of neither Osama bin Laden nor Saddam but an ally of Iran who has sworn solidarity to both Hezbollah and Hamas. He commands more than 30 seats in Maliki’s governing coalition in Parliament and five cabinet positions. He is also linked to death squads that have slaughtered Iraqis and Americans with impunity since the April 2004 uprising that killed, among others, Cindy Sheehan’s son, Casey. Since then, Sadr’s power has only grown, enabled by Iraqi “democracy. ” That the latest American plan for victory is to reposition our forces by putting more of them in the crossfire of Baghdad’s civil war is tantamount to treating our troops as if they were deck chairs on the Titanic.
Sperm: Your country needs you
The Independent – Independent – Jul 30, 2006
A lot of donations are coming from Denmark. You will see huge numbers of blonde, blue-eyed children in the north of England. “The shortage of home-grown sperm has horrified infertility groups and MPs, who have begun lobbying the Government to scrap the anonymity rule. “The decision to abandon anonymity was stupid and misguided. This has led to long waits or no treatment for many infertile couples,” said Dr Evan Harris MP, a former GP and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Commons science and technology committee. “The Government should reopen this issue. It’s urgent because people are waiting.
MESSAGE CENTER Message Center
Washington Post – Jul 30, 2006
In addition to the home-grown bands, we have talented bands from everywhere coming here to play. I was particularly excited when indie-rockers.
Beane is smarter than Sabean
San Francisco Chronicle – Jul 30, 2006
And what happens? We lose the regular season or in the division series and are stuck with a bunch of old, injured guys to begin the next season with. Take a page from Billy Beane’s book, Sabean. Develop some home-grown talent; have some patience!Posted By: renofan | July 31 2006 at 08:22 AMThis old Giants team has a few weeks to go. Let them rest in peace. If they win, great. Everybody in the National League are far from perfect. Big changes have to come in the off-season because of all the free agents.
Tragedy plus timing
The Age – Jul 30, 2006
Geddit? Well, yeah, we getit. But we’re not laughing. The one home-grown exception right now comes from perenniallyexcellent John Clarke and Brian Dawe. Sophisticated, intelligentand wildly left-field, their little segments once a week on The7. 30 Report work so well because they fulfil that fundamentalrequirement – they take us beyond real life and into the realm ofthe absurd. And then there’s US cult hero Jon Stewart, currently screeningon SBS. Watching what he does and how he works, how he manages tomake news funny while so many around him are falling, isinstructive.
You Can Go Home Again, And Buy It
New York Times – Jul 30, 2006
Jesus left his in Nazareth. Children leave the family hearth and never look back. That need for autonomy seems to have grown stronger in modern times, and cars and airplanes have made it easier to widen the distance between generations. The impulse may be evolutionary, invigorating the species with fresh bloodlines and perspectives. But some children come back to stay. After living on his own, Eliot Goldfinger has ended up in the same suburban split-level in which he grew up. The 1950s mahogany dining table and matching china cabinet are the ones his parents had… But even in the suburbs it seldom happens. Though the financing can be easier — parents don’t ask for a broker’s fee — tastes are often too different. ”It’s not that common that at the time a family is ready to buy a home, their parents are ready to move out,” said Jodi Boxer, a broker in Stamford. Goldfinger, the appeal of six bedrooms and a backyard was irresistible when the alternative was continuing to confine his family to a Manhattan one-bedroom. Soon, he started taking pleasure in his two boys’ capering in the overgrown ravine behind the house that had been the bed of the defunct New York, Westchester & Boston Railway (1912-1937). He might even see the boy who he was climbing the 30-foot cliff along the railroad cut, lashing logs into a tree house, burying a dead raccoon to examine its decomposed skull.
UPDATE: Pastor Hopes to Move Growing Church to a New Home
Washington Post – Jul 30, 2006
Anthony Lee stood on the dance floor of The Legend Restaurant and Night Club in Temple Hills on Easter Sunday and welcomed about 50 people to a new style of worship — one that was started to attract young adults and teenagers turned off by the traditional church experience. Three months after starting Community of Hope church, Lee is looking to move the church. The congregation has grown to nearly 200 members, and another 200 routinely show up to worship at the 10 a. services each Sunday… “I haven’t been to church in 13 years, and all of a sudden I jumped up and joined a church,” said Carlton Moxley, a pianist from Southeast Washington. He learned about the church from a newspaper article. Ron and Akiva Kirkland came from their home in Fairfax County to attend Bible study in Overlook’s auditorium and cafeteria. They first heard about the church from Lee, who married the couple two weeks ago. (A family friend recommended the minister to the couple for premarital counseling. )”We were looking for someone who we could relate to,” said Akiva Kirkland, 27. Ron Kirkland, 26, said he was drawn to the church because Lee “does an excellent job with the youth.